A prostate biopsy is a procedure to remove small samples of tissue from the prostate gland. It's a method to test for prostate cancer if a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test or digital rectal ...
Pre-biopsy MRIs can help doctors diagnose and treat prostate cancer more accurately. Here’s when you should get one.
Prostate biopsies are an essential tool for detecting prostate cancer, and about 3 million people worldwide undergo the procedure each year. Dr. Hu noted that physicians collect about 90% of these ...
Stage 3 prostate cancer is locally advanced, with tumors extending beyond the prostate but not metastasizing distantly.
Treatments for localised prostate cancer have long been aimed at treating the whole prostate, either by surgical removal or by radiotherapy. However ...
Men’s Health Thailand by Dr. Niti Navanimitkul For many men, a diagnosis of prostate cancer comes with two major worries: ...
A multi-institutional clinical trial showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches. A ...
The assay detects aggressive prostate tumors in men on active surveillance for low-risk cancer, potentially helping them avoid biopsies.
Treatments for prostate cancers localised to the prostate have long been aimed at treating the whole prostate either by ...
In a biopsy, a small sample of tissue is taken from your body. A pathologist analyzes the sample to check for cancer cells. The main method for diagnosing prostate cancer is a core needle biopsy. It’s ...
Micro-ultrasound–guided biopsies were found for the first time to be “noninferior” to MRI-guided procedures, according to new research presented at the 2025 annual congress of the European Association ...